Consortia & Alliance Management

Technology-focused companies and organizations turn to SmithBucklin-owned company Inventures to develop, launch, manage and grow technology industry alliances and consortiums. These alliances help their members – who are often competitors – collaborate, accelerate innovation and realize commercial opportunities. Our experienced professionals deliver our client organizations maximum benefits by bringing to bear unparalleled skills, expertise and best practices, as well as the industry’s most comprehensive resource base.

“I wanted to express the board’s appreciation for what your team brings to Open Visual Communications Consortium. I can say, without a doubt, OVCC would not be as far down the road to success as we are without our partnership with Inventures. You guys ROCK!”

Board Member, Open Visual Communications Consortium

Alliance Drives the Adoption of an In-Vehicle, Infotainment Platform

The GENIVI Alliance platform is accelerating the pace at which automotive software is developed in the in-vehicle, infotainment market. Watch Video

Alliance Transforms Retail Shopping Experience

The launch of the Zigbee Retail Services standard allows retailers to implement multiple components of the in-store environment – such as shopping, asset tracking, energy management, merchandising and marketing, and pharmacy services – on a single network. This enables retailers to reduce costs, increase efficiency and obtain information about customer shopping behavior to be used for improving services.

“You have done a tremendous job. Thank you very much for your hard work and dedication to the Emerge Alliance.”